Careers
Analysis
Analysis
Where to start when you don’t know what career you want
Feeling stuck about what occupation to pursue is not reserved to one part of life, but knowing what to do next can be difficult.
- by Caterina Hrysomallis
Latest
Opinion
Jobs
Would you change your name to get a job?
Research has shown it could be your name that is causing you to be placed in the reject pile. But why should applicants to do all the work?
- by Jim Bright
Perspective
Flexible working
Water-cooler chat or work-life balance? What matters to young workers
Younger generations entering the workforce increasingly want flexible work arrangements. But they might not know what they’re missing.
- by Courtney Kruk
High Country’s Sara Wiseman: ‘It takes 20 years to become an actor’
From stunt woman to television regular, the New Zealand actor’s career is reaching new heights – but it wasn’t always that way.
- by Jane Rocca
Opinion
Workplace
Why career goals should be made to be abandoned
Effective career plans or goals, are ones that can be regularly revised, ditched, or paused as circumstances dictate.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
Opinion
What do young workers want? A pay rise, or a house
Employers are obsessed with knowing what younger generations want. More often than not, it’s a pay rise.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
Opinion
Whatever happened to just doing your job well?
Sucking up and networking can be very effective ways to get ahead, but there’s only one method that doesn’t require you to sell your soul.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
Opinion
Why we shouldn’t be afraid to change our mind – in both careers and politics
Most of the time we break our promises because circumstances have connived to make it foolhardy, ill-advised or even impossible to stick to our word.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
Opinion
You don’t need more resilience. You need friends. And money
Modern influencers tend to glamourise resilience, but the reality is we need our support networks.
- by Sarah Green Carmichael
The great step sideways: The factors inspiring a midlife career switch
Former radio host Brigitte Duclos is one of a large number of Australians making a mid-life career change, as jobs mobility hits a 10-year high.
- by Wendy Tuohy
A career change, not a crisis: The Australians making a midlife switch
Meet the Olympian turned farmer, PR guru turned socialite and chemist turned gin distiller who changed careers in midlife and don’t regret it.
- by Amber Schultz and Mary Ward